The Parkview Jr/Sr High LMC has a collection of professional books and magazines. The books and professional journals are located in the LMC. The professional journals and newspaper are: EducationWeek, TeachingTolerance, Instructor, and ASCD's Educational Leadership.

This free software program reminds me of Inspiration. It can be used as a graphic organizer.

Popplet
Popplet delivers an interactive way to create concept maps, mind maps, and options to brainstorm or storyboard right along with peers. The “popplets” can be constructed, moved, color coded, typed in, drawn in, and have images or videos inserted. Popplet is a nice addition to the teacher toolbox that can meet a variety of needs, including concept mapping, collaboration, and even presenting content. TIP: Have students make a genre presentation by taking a series of books and working collaboratively to make various connections to booktrailers, images, and more.

Scholastic has launced a new "Common Sense for the Common Core" website that gives teachers, administrators and parents help in understanding the new Common Core Standards.

TeachingBooks.net: TeachingBooks.net is an easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children's and young adult books. The online database is developed and maintained to include thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K–12 environment, with every resource selected to encourage the integration of multimedia author and book materials into reading and library activities.